MfE - EiC - K S Kohere - Planning Policy (5 Feb 2021) [PDF, 254 KB]
...crops, pasture, and forestry, and generates much of our electricity. 15. Freshwater is a taonga for Māori. Tribal identity is linked to freshwater, with each water body having its own mauri. For Māori, great care must be taken in managing human impacts on freshwater. To honour the mana of water requires practices and policies that first acknowledge the needs of a body of water or waterway. 16. Despite the essential role water plays in our lives freshwater health is declining.3...